The Future of TV
Coming soon to the small screen: technology that will enable you to watch anything you want, anytime, anyplace. All that’s needed is a magic box.
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Apple speeds up PowerBook, iBook
APPLE COMPUTER ON Tuesday made weeks of rumors official when it announced upgraded versions of its mobile computers, the high-end PowerBook G4 and the consumer-oriented iBook.
Merger Expected to Get Salute
experts believe, will likely have little trouble winning over U.S. regulators because the merged companies would still have limited power to influence markets and with a recession looming, regulators will be wary of doing anything to increase economic uncertainty.
Protect Your Data: The Second Line of Defense
Standard security precautions may not guard against the latest threats. Contributing Editor Steve Bass recommends downloads and strategies for trying times.
Polycom Revolutionizes Distance Learning With New ClassStation Package — Complete Distance Learning Video Communications Packages Set New Standard For Ease of Use and Affordability
Polycom®, Inc. announced its ClassStation™ interactive video communications packages for distance-learning environments. These packages integrate all of the software and hardware components integral to a comprehensive video communications-enabled classroom into one easy-to-install and easy-to-use system. Polycom will demonstrate its ClassStation package at Telecon Expo, October 23-25, 2001 at the Anaheim, Calif. Convention Center (Booth #1201). […]
WTC Attacks Have IT Rethinking Storage
One of the most amazing sights of the many staggering images of Sept. 11 was the blizzard of paper that swirled amid the cloud of dust around the collapsing World Trade Center towers. But how many of those documents were scanned and digitized and how many were not?
Industry panel proposes voice standard for Web
A coalition of leading technology companies working on speech technology Monday announced plans to drive a new standard for accessing Web services and other information on the Internet through voice commands.
Top 10 power PCs
Three new PCs from Dell, Polywell, and Gateway snag spots on our chart this month. The Dell Dimension 8200 gets November’s Best Buy and the number-one slot.
HP, Compaq name execs to head merged company
mail sent last Friday to HP employees, CEO Carly Fiorina announced that key executives were being chosen from each of the companies to lead the merged business when the deal is completed in the first half of next year.
Autonomic computing — IT challenged to reduce complexity
Paul Horn, senior vice president of IBM Research, has called upon the information technology industry and academic community to rally around the next wave in computing — autonomic computing.